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Note that you won't be able to view syntax highlighting on the mobile app.Īnd you get the idea! Now you're a Discord text markdown expert. Each different language has its own approach to highlight-able syntax. There are many different languages in place of Markdown that Discord's syntax highlighting support. If you really want to spruce up your code blocks, you can denote a specific language for syntax highlighting, by typing the name of the language you want the code block to expect right after the first three backticks beginning your code block. You can also use three backticks (```) to create multiline code blocks, like this beautifully written haiku. Do note however, that Discord does not render all colors as. Here is a simple example of a message which will display in red. The asterisk is SHIFT+8 on your keyboard. To display colored text using code-blocks, you simply need to create a code block with the language set to ansi and then use any of the several ansi escape codes to style your text.
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How to Create Discord Bold Text To create bolded text in discord, all you have to do is start and end the bolded text with two asterisks (). You can make your own code blocks by wrapping your text in backticks (`) We’ll start with the basics, and then move on to creating code blocks for text coloring. All text from > until the end of the message will be included in the quote.ĭiscord also supports code blocks as well. > at the beginning of a line of text, creates a multi-line block quote. > at the beginning of a line of text, creates a single-line block quote. The syntax to use Block Quotes is > or > followed by a space. You'll see those asterisks as you'd like! Just keep in mind, it doesn't work in messages with edits or underscores. Underline bold italics _***underline bold italics***_ĭon't want to use markdown? You can slap a backslash in front of your statement, or put your message in a code block, and it'll escape the markdown formatting. Here's how to do it! Just add a few characters before & after your desired text to change your text! I'll show you some examples. There are a number of supported colors such as Red, Cyan, Pink, Blue, you name it.Want to inject some flavor into your everyday text chat? You're in luck! Discord uses Markdown, a simple plain text formatting system that'll help you make your sentences stand out. Using Markdown, users can add colors to their text messages. Because this is just a Discord Text Formatting guide and not a Markdown guide, we will mention also styles and syntaxes that you’ll need later on.īelow, we have presented different formatting styles with an illustration to help you understand better. There are several formatting styles that can be rendered with the Markdown language. For example, if a user adds two asterisks ** in the front and end of a string, the message will automatically turn Bold. The other color helps the text appear more obvious to any readers and also for aesthetic purposes. Once it finds a markdown syntax, it renders the output of the respective syntax. A code block is a section of text in Discord that possesses a different color. This engine works in the background and constantly checks your text messages for markdown syntax. When you launch Discord, with the app dependencies, a lightweight engine is also loaded, known as the Markdown engine. You would have to memorize some syntaxes in order to learn text formatting in Discord efficiently. Markdown syntax is simple to read and remember. This article teaches you how to use them in full. The original language uses HTML, but now, Markdown can be used with plain text editors as well. Code blocks are a useful chat markup feature in Discord, they allow you to highlight code, and color messages. The language was made so that users could format their text quickly and with ease. Single Line Code Blocks in Discord To create a single line code block in discord, you need to use the ‘tick’ or ‘backtick’ character. Markdown is a fast and lightweight markup language that was released back in 2004. MarkdownĪll this is possible because of Markdown. If you are wondering how does the text gets formatted in Discord, then we have got one word for you.